idles

1. vt. & vi. 虚度,闲逛 waste time doing nothing
2. vt. & vi. 空转 tick over

1. 空闲的,闲着的 not working or operating productively
2. 懒散的,无所事事的 lazy, wasting time
3. 无根据的; 无聊的 not based on fact or good reason
4. [A]无意义的,无特别意图的 having no particular purpose

• idle one's time混时间,虚度光阴

• idle continually不断地闲逛
• idle deliberately故意地闲逛
• idle delightfully高兴地游荡
• idle dreadfully恐惧地游荡
• idle languidly无精打采地闲逛
• idle lazily懒散地闲逛
• idle naturally自然地游荡
• idle remarkably不平常地闲逛
• idle selfishly利己地虚度
• idle sleepily困乏地游荡
• idle strangely奇怪地闲逛
• idle stupidly傻傻地闲逛
• idle unusually不同寻常地游荡
• idle about〔along, around〕无所事事
• idle away虚度
• idle away one's time虚度光阴
• idle down a motor让马达空转

• idle about在…附近闲逛
• idle in the driveway停在车道上

• idle bread〔capital〕闲饭〔散资金〕
• idle dream痴心妄想
• idle fear无端的恐惧
• idle gear惰轮
• idle hours悠闲的日子
• idle personnel闲杂人员
• idle rumors无根据的谎言
• idle tales闲话
• idle worm游手好闲的人

• lie idle闲置
• run idle(机器)空转
• stand idle袖手旁观,被闲置

idle time空闲时间，闲置时间；停工时间，停歇时间

idle away浪费光阴，虚度时间

idle speed低速，怠速；空转速度

idle equipment闲置设备

idle state静止状态

idle fund游资；闲置资金

idle mode空闲模式；空闲状态

idle capacity闲置生产能力；备用能量

idle motion空转；空行程；空载运转；空动

idle work虚功，无功；无用功

idle money闲置资金；游资

idle stroke慢行程

1. Being at an idle end,we often go to and look around the shops.
   闲来无事，我们常去逛逛商店。
2. Idle folks have the least leisure.
   懒惰的人最没空闲。
3. No matter how rich, one shall not live an idle life.
   不管一个人多么富有,都不应该过着闲散的生活。
4. I never believe idle reports.
   我从来不信捕风捉影的传闻。

1. The strike idled many workers.
   罢工使许多工人没事干。
2. It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. (Jerome, British humorist)
   除非有大量的工作,否则就不可能尽情享受空闲时光。(英国幽默家杰罗姆)

1. I hate you to idle about.
   我不喜欢你游手好闲。
2. We should not idle away our valuable time in the claver.
   我们不应该把宝贵的时间消磨在闲谈之中。
3. He is always idling about street corners.
   他总是在街道角落那闲逛。
4. "You're perfectly right when you say that one shouldn't let one's machinery lie idle and go rusty!
   “你这话对极了，机器搁着就生锈！